Jerry Lee Lewis Still Alive, Reports Of His Death Untrue According To Publicist

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Although TMZ earlier today reported that legendary rocker JERRY LEE LEWIS had passed away in his MEMPHIS home at the age of 87, the story proved erroneous, and the site soon retracted the statement. His publicist, ZACH FARNUM, confirmed that the iconic ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME inductee is still alive.

His sister, LINDA GAIL LEWIS posted to FACEBOOK YESTERDAY (10/26), “Please pray for my dear brother, he’s going thru a hard time and needs our prayers and positive thoughts right now. Thank you so much.”

The erroneous news of LEWIS’ death comes 10 days after he was inducted into the COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME (NET NEWS 10/17). He was unable to attend the NASHVILLE ceremony due to guidance from his doctor. Fellow country stars HANK WILLIAMS JR. and KRIS KRISTOFFERSON showed up to accept the honor, which made LEWIS just the 14th person to have been inducted into both the ROCK & ROLL and COUNTRY MUSIC HALLS OF FAME.

He was honored at the NASHVILLE ceremony by musical tributes from CHRIS ISAAK, THE McCRARY SISTERS and LEE ANN WOMACK.

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